Hello Hatters!  Sorry about the gap.  I'm still here.  The computer it was that died.  I will try to bring you up to date.
Since I last wrote   I spent a lovely day  visiting friends in Bath and meeting our friend from Tokyo, always a pleasure.  She was paying a visit to her family and seeing her brother who had flown in from Seattle and who was at school with my son.  I also went to Ringmer for two lovely sunny summer family days.Some Tuesdays were spent with my friends at Seaford courtesy of Mike.  My kind daughter-in-law came to keep me company while my family were in Ireland.  My days would not be complete without trips to the Eye Hospital  and finally I have a new girl to do my hoovering.
I think that brings you up to date.  Not exactly a Hollywood epic but quite exciting enough for a nonagenerian!